Everyone

Data integration tools aren't new, they're just new to open source. This quick talk will teach you how they can apply to your project, no matter how large or small.

Ever since the mainframe days, banks, governments, and health care conglomerates with fragmented and messy data often relied on commercial solutions for consolidation and analysis. Lawyers negotiated contracts, armies of consultants mobilized, and machines were bolted into racks. Today, there are more accessible tools.

I’d like to talk about why the data industry needed an open source solution, and how open source data integration tools can be applied to projects of any size.

This session will discuss the latest adopters of Linux and the reasons why there has been an increased shift to open-source.

There are many factors that contribute to the increasing number of Linux adoptions by businesses, government facilities, universities, and scientific institutions. One of the contributing factors is driven from the fact that Linux has proven to provide a more-secure, less virus prone environment than its competitors. This presentation will discuss the latest adopters of Linux and the reasons why there has been an increased shift to open-source. We will also examine what increased adoption will mean for the Linux community, and if increased adoption will change the current safe environment that it currently provides.

A panel of experts will discuss, debate, deliberate and do battle on the exciting world of file systems. The philosophies and design decisions will be challenged, as well as their applications. Audience participation is welcome.

Join us for the second annual UpSCALE event, SCALE's own version of "Ignite" talks. Ignite is a style of presentation where participants are given five minutes to speak on a subject accompanied by 20 slides. Each slide is displayed for 15 seconds, and slides are automatically advanced. The first Ignite talks were held in 2006 in Seattle, Washington, and were sponsored by O'Reilly Media and MAKE magazine. We have dubbed our version of these talks UpSCALE talks. The UpSCALE talks will be taking place on Friday the 25th at 8pm.

Linux is like a cult, but agood cult. People should acknowledge that what we do is great AND unusual

If Tux the Penguin offers me some Kool Aid, would you drink it? I have drank it, and will continue to do so. (Mmmm the taste of Freedom {and power.}) What is a cult? People that believe something different then you? 1 defintion -like other deviant social movements, tend to recruit people with a grievance, people who suffer from some variety of deprivation. Even though I don't spend my time speaking untruths or meanly towards Microsoft, I'm pretty sure they view me as *deviant.* And yes I feel *deprived* while using proprietary software. My Belief System is not my operating system(s) - it's close though. Really close. To make my point - I'll say the Open Source Way is my Belief System. I am part of group that can accomplish some great things.FOSS is a great community. It offers powerful tools that can help us create beautiful things. I love the deep philosophy behind the movement. *I volunteer my free time to tell complete strangers about Linux. *I spend time researching the subjects I present to LUGs, paying attention to the ideas and stuff that may relate to the audience. *The majority of the population uses 1 of 2 systems, I always look for opportunities to *convert* (or recruit) some of these people. ** I give my phone number to some them, just so they can call me if they have any existential questions. ** Some of these Converts will eventually become Evangelists & spend time trying to convert others. The analogy falls apart at the *conversion point* for me though. I'm not just trying to get people to convert to my Distros of choice. Not interested in joining with me in the California Ubuntu Team? Ok. My answers to your questions as a Fedora Ambassador cant sway you to the merits of their community? Fine. If I can't help someone via one of the communities I am part of, we can rely on the Greater Open Source Community for guidance. Gentoo, Slackware, etc. we have a place for just about *everyone.* I am hardcore with my belief in trying to be *inclusive*. Most of the time you *can* play well with others. I don't ask that all of your friends subscribe to my belief system in exactly my fervent manner. No matter how correct I may be, the echo chamber can be far more damaging than outside sources. I know it may be trite, but, if you and I are the same- one of us is redundant. Resistance is not futile. Join me on this side if you can *take the leap*, Tux & I have some Kool Aid for *You* "Let's collaborate. Come to this side of the FORCE, we have cookies, and throw great parties" - Tux the Penguin Same

One of the biggest challenges for new users coming to Ubuntu is figuring out where to find help using and doing common (and not so common!) tasks with their new operating system. This talk will cover the primary official and unofficial help resources available for users and best practices for seeking help for optimal results.

How one New York startup is using FOSS to change the way the world watches television

The living room remains the final frontier of open source software. With wide adoption from home office to enterprise, from datacenter to dining rooms, consumers all over the world rely on OSS daily to run their lives. However, the third screen that has dominated eyeballs for the past sixty years has been the exclusive dominion of proprietary, monolithic black boxes. With the average American consuming eight full hours of television per day, one New York startup aims to change this paradigm of closed software in the single room in the house were most waking time is spent. Boxee is the first "social" media center, whose free, open source, downloadable software is changing the way consumers experience media. Lead Apps Developer and Community Evangelist Rob Spectre will discuss Boxee's open source heritage, hacker culture, and open API as well as answer your questions and unload T-shirts a-plenty

In my experience with Fedora and Red Hat, I have noticed that there are several mistakes that open source projects make which prevent them from reaching their full potential (or at the very least, making them massively painful to deal with). After spending time pulling my hair out with one codebase, I wrote a blog post called "How to tell if a FLOSS project is doomed to FAIL", which ended up being a chapter in "The Open Source Way". In this presentation, I'll go into details on how to minimize FAIL in your project.